A group of Satanists is suing the creator of Adventures Of Sabrina a Netflix for $50m (£38m) over a statue of a deity.
The Satanic Temple claim a statue featured in the dark reboot of the 90s sitcom, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, is a copy of their depiction of the goat-headed deity Baphomet.
The activist group also argue the use of the statue has been done in a way that gives both the statue and Temple a bad reputation.
Netflix Inc and Warner Bros Entertainment have declined to comment on the lawsuit.
In an interview with Vice - before legal action was mentioned online by the Temple - the show's production designer Lisa Soper said any resemblance is "kind of a coincidence".
She added that although there are a limited number of statues of the deity, there are "hundreds and hundreds of iterations of him".
Ms Soper also claimed that the version on the show is "no different from... any other of the mass amounts of iterations of him that have been around".
The New York Times reports the plaintiffs are asking for at least $50m (£38m) for each alleged infraction, namely: copyright infringement, trademark violation and injury to the business’ reputation.
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